Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.47% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 7.39% or 39.20 points to trade at 569.70 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 6.46% or 189.50 points to end at 3121.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 5.67% or 8.30 points to 154.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 3.42% or 7.10 points to trade at 200.45 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.07% or 31.40 points to end at 2901.00 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 1.00% or 1.05 points to 103.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 7.58% to 570.50, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 6.04% to settle at 3109.05 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 3.57% to close at 1851.40.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 3.35% to 200.40 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 1.07% to settle at 2903.00 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.84% to 1870.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 991 to 658 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1530 rose and 1092 declined, while 170 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.21% to 25.1975 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 4.95 to $1785.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.10% or 0.04 to hit $40.61 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.44 to trade at $43.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 74.604, while EUR/INR rose 0.43% to 84.2470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 96.890.